Hello Dear Friends!
Long time no talk! Forgive my radio silence but it's been a busy and exciting past year. First of all, please notice that I am no longer using my yahoo email. Please direct all future emails to my new email address.
Last year absolutely flew by! I had a blast dancing almost every day some weeks (between salsa and bachata dancing and zumba), meeting lots of fun and wonderful people, and traveling to different parts of Chile. My parents came and visited me in August for two weeks which was wonderful and my Aunt Karen and Uncle Jesse spent 10 days with me in September which was also really fun! In September I went to Rosario, Argentina for a long weekend to stay with a friend and then in February after being back in the US for 3 whirl-wind-like weeks I went to Buenos Aires, Argentina for 9 days which was not only fun but very restful and also my first ever international trip solo. I really love Buenos Aires!
The biggest two pieces of news in my life are that:
1.
I am moving to Japan! I have been accepted to teach English with the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) this year! As some of you may recall, this is the same program that my Mom was accepted to and which took us to Japan for 13 months my sophomore year of high school. I am really excited and very much looking forward to re-connecting with all my dear Japanese friends and geting my Japanese back up to speed, but it will be hard to say goodbye to Chile! That said... there is a very high probability that I will return to Chile after a year in Japan. But we shall see. At any rate my last day at my job is June 17th. I will be moving back to the US for a few weeks at the beginning of July (I will be in Miami from June 29th until July 5th probably before going to Portland), and then on July 30th I get shipped out to Tokyo. I'll have a two-day orientation there before they send me to wherever I will be posted. Still no idea what city in Japan they will send me to but I will find out at the end of May. Yay! I will be in Japan from July 31st, 2016 until July 31st 2017.
2.
Love-struck: I was having a great time being single last year and doing strictly non-serious relationships until... cupid struck. Yup. I am super happily smitten with a super cool guy name Diego. He is Chilean, from southern Chile and has so many things in common with me that it is a little bit ridiculous. He is a very successful salesman for a company that sells the machines that do medical tests (he is a technical medic by trade), is completing his Masters in Public Policy, just started a postgraduate degree in Sales and is a very talented singer and guitar player (here's him singing with his band:
https://youtu.be/NR8yK5p4l5Q). He loves traveling, is working on his English, is stylish, more tidy than I am, cooks, cleans, and loves Tottoro, romantic comedies, animated movies and sushi. He enjoys nature, understands my love of rain, and is taking bachata and yoga classes with me (he's a quick learner in the dance classes but enjoys both!). We've known each other for four months now but are oh so happy and feel like we've known each other for longer. Okay, right Kaia, so how does this work with you skidaddling off to Japan? Well, we have both agreed to enjoy what we have now and see what happens when the time draws nearer for me to leave Chile. As the days go by I see it more and more likely that things will continue to work but who knows. We shall see. Hopefully he will come to Miami and Portland for three weeks in July and then maybe visit me in Japan but only time will tell. :) For now we are just going to continue being extremely happy together.
Attached is a photo of Diego and I in his car taken on our way down to his parent's house in Pucón, Chile (south of Santiago about 8 hrs by car) where we spent Easter, and another of us visiting one of the many natural beauties found around Pucón (it's very much like Portland in climate and proximity to nature but is WAY smaller than Portland).
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